Premium industrial design

Citation Bar blends innovation in home audio entertainment with a sophisticated and beautiful design. The premium blended wool fabric, made by Kvadrat, is dirt repellent and flame retardant.

Sound quality with sophistication

For over 65 years for Harman Kardon has been dedicated to delivering luxurious audio experiences that allow the listener to feel the music and immerse them in the moment. Citation is the ultimate expression and is the worlds first truly premium product of its kind.

Music everywhere

The Citation Bar delivers multi-room capablity by adding additional Citation speakers to create the ultimate whole house audio experience. You can play the same music or different music in different rooms and control it from a tablet or smartphone.

Hands-free help with your voice, powered by the Google Assistant

The Google Assistant brings convenient voice control to your Citation wireless home sound system. Get answers, play music, tackle your day, enjoy your entertainment and control your smart home with just your voice. The Google Assistant works in stereo music mode; in multi-channel mode, press the push-to-talk button on the remote control.

Cinematic wireless surround sound

Get the full home theater surround sound experience in the convenience of a single soundbar and optional wireless subwoofer and surround speakers.

Play and control your music with your voice.

Use your voice to ask for your favorite songs and enjoy high-definition music streaming, powered by the cloud.

Over 300 music streaming services available with Wi-Fi streaming

Listen to your favorite audio content, Internet radio and podcasts, all in high-definition through Chromecast built-in.

Ready for multi-channel surround sound

Add a Citation Subwoofer for deep, rich bass. Or even better, add a pair of Citation Surrounds for an impressive, multi-channel home theater surround sound experience.

Full support for 4K TV

3 HDMI In and HDMI ARC ports for integration with almost any TV, including the most advanced 4K televisions.

Privacy please

For additional security and privacy, the speaker's microphones can be switched off. Multi-color LED indicators show the current state of these microphones.

Always the best

With automatic software updates for new features and services, your music and voice options will always be up to date and at its best.

Simple setup with the Google Home app on iOS and Android

With the free Google Home app for iOS and Android, you can easily setup and manage any of the Citation speakers. All speakers support both 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi connections.

Color touch display

Get complementary information from your audio content or control your music with your fingertips using the intuitive touch panel color display.

Wireless Bluetooth® streaming

Wirelessly stream your music from your smartphone or tablet.

Touch to access your preset

Instantly enjoy your favorite music playlist and control your smart home devices with preset icons on the display. Future software updates will add a Preset feature for assigning your favorite playlist and your smart home devices for easy control.

Premium industrial design

Citation Bar blends innovation in home audio entertainment with a sophisticated and beautiful design. The premium blended wool fabric, made by Kvadrat, is dirt repellent and flame retardant.

Sound quality with sophistication

For over 65 years for Harman Kardon has been dedicated to delivering luxurious audio experiences that allow the listener to feel the music and immerse them in the moment. Citation is the ultimate expression and is the worlds first truly premium product of its kind.

Music everywhere

The Citation Bar delivers multi-room capablity by adding additional Citation speakers to create the ultimate whole house audio experience. You can play the same music or different music in different rooms and control it from a tablet or smartphone.

Hands-free help with your voice, powered by the Google Assistant

The Google Assistant brings convenient voice control to your Citation wireless home sound system. Get answers, play music, tackle your day, enjoy your entertainment and control your smart home with just your voice. The Google Assistant works in stereo music mode; in multi-channel mode, press the push-to-talk button on the remote control.

Cinematic wireless surround sound

Get the full home theater surround sound experience in the convenience of a single soundbar and optional wireless subwoofer and surround speakers.

Play and control your music with your voice.

Use your voice to ask for your favorite songs and enjoy high-definition music streaming, powered by the cloud.

Over 300 music streaming services available with Wi-Fi streaming

Listen to your favorite audio content, Internet radio and podcasts, all in high-definition through Chromecast built-in.

Ready for multi-channel surround sound

Add a Citation Subwoofer for deep, rich bass. Or even better, add a pair of Citation Surrounds for an impressive, multi-channel home theater surround sound experience.

Full support for 4K TV

3 HDMI In and HDMI ARC ports for integration with almost any TV, including the most advanced 4K televisions.

Privacy please

For additional security and privacy, the speaker's microphones can be switched off. Multi-color LED indicators show the current state of these microphones.

Always the best

With automatic software updates for new features and services, your music and voice options will always be up to date and at its best.

Simple setup with the Google Home app on iOS and Android

With the free Google Home app for iOS and Android, you can easily setup and manage any of the Citation speakers. All speakers support both 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi connections.

Color touch display

Get complementary information from your audio content or control your music with your fingertips using the intuitive touch panel color display.

Wireless Bluetooth® streaming

Wirelessly stream your music from your smartphone or tablet.

Touch to access your preset

Instantly enjoy your favorite music playlist and control your smart home devices with preset icons on the display. Future software updates will add a Preset feature for assigning your favorite playlist and your smart home devices for easy control.

The Harman Kardon Citation Bar is a next generation smart soundbar for movies and music. Easy to use with its full-color LCD touch screen, Citation Bar blends innovation in home audio with attention to detail in design, allowing for sophisticated looks and superb bass without a subwoofer. Music lovers will love access to over 300 music services and high-definition streaming through Chromecast built-in, while movie lovers enjoy their all wireless 5.1 home theater system with Citation Surround and Citation Sub. The Google Assistant brings convenient voice control to your Citation Bar when listening to music for hands-free help around the home. Get answers, play music, organize your day, control your smart home, enjoy your entertainment and more, just with your voice!

NoteCITATION BAR is intended to be used for streaming music. A consumer can stream Bluetooth audio to the speaker. A consumer can connect their speaker to the localWi-Fi Network and stream music with Google Chromecast. In addition, the speaker will work with Google Home. This product is designed to be instantly on and ready to play music at a moment's notice, therefore, the Bluetooth andWi-Fi connection must remain active at all times to ensure proper operation. CITATION BAR is in compliance with the European Union energy legislation. CITATION BAR will enter into sleep mode (networked standby) after 20 minutes without operation, after which it can be re-activated via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.

NoteCITATION BAR is intended to be used for streaming music. A consumer can stream Bluetooth audio to the speaker. A consumer can connect their speaker to the localWi-Fi Network and stream music with Google Chromecast. In addition, the speaker will work with Google Home. This product is designed to be instantly on and ready to play music at a moment's notice, therefore, the Bluetooth andWi-Fi connection must remain active at all times to ensure proper operation. CITATION BAR is in compliance with the European Union energy legislation. CITATION BAR will enter into sleep mode (networked standby) after 20 minutes without operation, after which it can be re-activated via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.

Why does the bar automatically mute the microphone when using input from the TV? It's very annoying having the 4 orange lights on the front and it defeats the purpose of having a soundbar with Google assistant!

Asked by: Jnevk

Thank you for your question.
You will have to use the Google Voice Assistant button on your Citation Bar remote control when using HDMI, AUX or Optical. When you press the Google assistant button, the current volume level will temporarily decrease and the Google Voice Assistant will begin listening for your command.
The reason you need to use the remote control is that Google Assistant does not support Multi-channel audio from your source device (TV, Blue-ray Player or TV-BOX) and therefore the mic is automatically muted unless the Google Voice Assistant button is pressed.
This may be different in the future with new software updates.
Google Voice Assistant is always listening when streaming music over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.

Answered by: Peter EMEA

Date published: 2019-02-15

Hi
What kind of Dolby Digital 5.1 does it support? DD, DD+, DDAtmos or .....????

Asked by: jsturess2

At the time, the Citation Bar and Adapt, via HDMI, support:
&bull; PCM (stereo and multi-channel)
&bull; Dolby Digital 2.0 up to 5.1

Answered by: Mario at Customer Service

Date published: 2019-01-25

At night, I listen to Roku / Private Mode - The citation sound bar keep shutting itself off after 10-15 mins of inactivity due to power save function-
is there any possible way to turn off the power save function at all??

Asked by: Citationbarowner

Thank you for contacting us.
It is not possible to disable the power save function on your Citation Bar.
If you need further assistance, please submit a case request at &nbsp;https://www.harmanaudio.com/support-contact.html and the Customer Service Team will be more than happy to assist you.

Answered by: Thilo

Date published: 2019-01-17

Is it possible to use the citation one speaker as surround, or do i need the surround speakers?

Asked by: Fman

No it is not possible, only the surround speaker have to be used as surround within the Citation set up.
If you need further assistance, please submit a case request at &nbsp;https://www.harmanaudio.com/support-contact.html and the Customer Service Team will be more than happy to assist you.

Answered by: remy b

Date published: 2019-01-16

What about DTS:X/Atmos decoding??

Asked by: Keoz

Unfortunately Harman/Kardon Citation Bar does not support Atmos.

Answered by: Mario at Customer Service

Date published: 2019-01-15

Hello.
Is there possibly too use 2 citation subwoofers in the citation system? like an 5.2 surround.

Asked by: Runepgk

Currently our Citation series is only capable of having 5.1 surround sound system.

Answered by: Mario at Customer Service

Date published: 2018-12-21

Does it support HDMI eARC or just ARC?

Asked by: jsturess3

The Citation Bar only supports HDMI ARC since the eARC feature was not yet released during the inception of the soundbar.&nbsp;

Answered by: Rhae C

Date published: 2018-12-16

I have the HK SB 16. If I buy the Citation bar will it pair up with the SB16 sub?

Asked by: Eddiemalo71

&quot;The Harman Kardon Citation Bar has a subwoofer that is specifically designed for the soundbar itself and will connect wireless on a certain frequency. This means that the subwoofer cannot be used with another model soundbar.
If you need further assistance, please submit a case request at &nbsp;https://www.harmanaudio.com/support-contact.html and the Customer Service Team will be more than happy to assist you.&quot;